Christmas Box, The [Hardcover]

Joanne S. Wetzel (Author)

Book Description

When Father is stationed with the military in Japan, he sends his family an intriguing wooden box at Christmastime.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 29, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679817891
• ISBN-13: 978-0679817895
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,792,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Christmas Box, October 22, 2006

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Eliza Darby (Beaufort, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Box, The (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful piece of fiction that was written when I was a child. Yet it is so relative to today's children of military families with so many parents deployed. I find my young students can relate to this family in the book and find solace that others go through the same thing they do. Even for those that do not have the military experience, it is a beautiful story. It is a timeless work and I agree with one reviewer that it puts to shame any other book by the same title.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Evocative, December 11, 2003

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John Bookhout "Hamlet2" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Box, The (Hardcover)

This is a delightful book to be read to children to let them know what Christmas without father was like during the early 1950s. The illustrations are very warm and homely. It puts to shame that other book with the same title. Highly recommended!